Morris said that the party will ultimately be financed only by ticket sales, at $10 or $15 apiece.

“We’ll break even, I hope,” Morris said.

Though they initially hoped for at least 700 people to show up (Europa’s capacity is 757, according to Morris) they were still proud of the turnout.

“I think especially for a Monday night, a club downtown, 450 is really good,” Hersh said.

But he said that the trio has no plans to organize another party in the near future.

“This is way too much work for three people,” Hersh said. “I haven’t done any [school] work in like three weeks.”

Despite the positive reception it ultimately received, HSU was not pulled off without controversy.

Following the announcement on Lowell House’s open e-mail list, a number of Lowell residents objected to the perceived elitism in the party’s name and promotion.

The e-mail promotion asked, “Ever wanted to party like they do at that state school you could have coasted through?”

“If a friend at a state school would see that, they would understandably be upset,” David W. Escott ’05 said. “I think it’s just a matter of being sensitive.”

But Greg R. Atwan ’05 disagreed.

“As far as I could tell, the Harvard State party seemed conceived only as a very good party,” he said.